NFL on Andrew Luck's interception: 'We didn't get the play right'

7:00 PM,
Dec. 12, 2012

A definitive replay angle showed Andrew Luck?s left knee touched the ground before he threw a pass intercepted by Titans linebacker Will Witherspoon and returned 40 yards for a touchdown during Sunday's game. However, it was not relayed by replay official Howard Slavin in the pressbox to referee Peter Morelli.

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The NFL has admitted the instant replay procedure failed in Sunday's Indianapolis Colts-Tennessee Titans game, resulting in an Andrew Luck interception being returned for a touchdown.

A definitive replay angle showed Luck's left knee touching the ground before he threw a pass intercepted by Titans linebacker Will Witherspoon and returned 40 yards for a touchdown. However, it was not relayed by replay official Howard Slavin in the pressbox to referee Peter Morelli.

Without benefit of the appropriate replay angle, Morelli allowed the call on the field to stand. The proper call should ...